Copyholder



Oct. 31, 1933. A MUlR ET AL 1,933,023

COPYHOLDER Filed June 26, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 By 2mm f1 Homey Oct. 31, 1933. A m ET AL 1,933,023

COPYHOLDER Filed June 26, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventors 2 Andrew Muir Fred Cross Oct. 31, 1933. MUlR r AL 1,933,023

COPYHOLDER Filed June 26, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 a I I '40 4/ 39 Inventor;

Andrew Muzir Fred Urns:

A. MUIR ET AL Oct. 31, 1933.

COPYHOLDER Filed June 26, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 lhveniors Andrew Mu z'r F ed Gram" Oct. 31, 1933. A. MU|R ET AL 1,933,023

COPYHOLDER Filed June 26, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 /6 /e j. 'A r Invenfom Andrew Muir Fred Cross By 2mm flllorney Patented Oct. 31, v1933 .PjATENll-l OFFICE COPYHOLDER.

" Andrew Muir and Fred Cross, Saltcoats,. Sas katchewan, O

anada 4 ApplicationJune26,1933. Serial No. 677,745

6 Claims. (01. 120-32) The present invention appertains to new and useful improvements in copy holders, such as can be-employed in printing establishments and by typists in offices. The principal object of the present invention is to provide a copy holder which can be operated in an easy and convenient manner.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a copy holder wherein the pa ts are capable of being readily adjusted to meet various working conditions.-

These and various other important objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent to the reader of the following specification.

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Figure 1 represents a front elevational viewof the machine.

Figure 2 represents a side elevational view ofthe device.

I Figure 3 represents a side elevational view of the device, looking at the opposite side from that shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 represents a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 represents a fragmentary vertical sec tional view taken substantially on line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 represents a fragmentary side elevational view of the side of the machine shown in to Figure 3, with the roller supporting plate re ing is provided which consists of the front wall 5 which is convex at its intermediate portion and slanting backwardly in the manner shown in Figures 2 and 3, while numerals 6 and 7 represent the side walls of this casing.

The front wall 5 is provided at its intermediate portion with a rectangular shaped opening 8 leaving marginal portions 99 at the opposite ends thereof and adjacent the side walls 6-7. Bridging this opening 8 is the pressure plate 10 which 1 '5? has slots 11 at the ends thereof through which the set screws 12 are disposed to thread through openings in thesaid marginal portions 9- -9. The heads of, the screws 9, when thescrews are driveninwardly, willclamp against the plate 10 and secure the same with its upper edge in proper 6Q spaced relation with respect to the upper edge of the opening 8,so that as. much of the copy sheet 13 as desired may be made visible.

As is apparent in Figures 1 and 4 the copy sheet 13 is disposed into the opening-8 below the as pressure plate-10 and passes'under the opening between the upper edge of the opening 8 and the upper edge of the pressure plate 10, and is fed by the rubber roller 14 which clamps the said copy sheet 15 against the innerside of the front wall 5, adjacent the upperendthereof. I t

Cross members 16, between the side walls 6-7,

support a pair of vertically disposed leaf springs 17 which engage against the shaft 18 of the roller 14 so as to force the roller in a direction clamping the said copy sheet 15 against the inner side of the wall 5.

One end of the shaft 18,- as shown in Figure 8, has a reduced portion 19 which extends through an elongated horizontally extending slot 20 in 30 the side 7 of the casing, while the other end of the shaft 18 extends through a rectangular shaped opening 21, as shown in Figure 6, and is supported by the removable plate 22 which partly closes the opening 21 when the same is secured 35 to the side wall 6 by the screw 23. t

One end of the roller 14 is, equipped .Witha ratchet wheel 24. A ring 25 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 18 andcarries a pawl 26 engageable I with the ratchet wheel 24. A rod 27 extends from this ring 25 and connects to the intermediate portion of a lever 28 which has its pivot point at 29. A leaf spring 30, extending froma protuberance 31 on the side wall 7, bears against this lever 29 and maintains the same disposed upwardly against the stop strip 32, which stop strip is secured by a clamp screw 33 operating through a slot 34 in the front wall 5. The lever 28 operates through a slot in the front wall 5 and has a knob 35 at its outer end.

' By referring to Figure 1, it can be seen that numeral 36 represents a collar secured to the outer side of each side wall 67 and each of these collars has a set screw 37 thereon whereby the aforementioned casing, consisting of the walls 5, 6 and '7, can be adjustably supported upon W the uprights 38. The uprights have bases 39 for attachment to a suitable supporting surface 40 and this supporting surface 40 has a base member 41 secured theretoand to this is swingably connected an arm 42 having a knob 43 at its free end. A pivotal link'44 extends from the inter.- mediate portion of the lever 42 to the outer knob end of the lever 28. It can be observed, that the lever 42 extends substantially beyond the outer end of the lever 28 and obviously, either of these levers can be operated for operating the roller 14 to feed the copy sheet.

By adjusting the stop plate 32, a greater or less throw of the levers 28 and 42 can be obtained and this is desired when the lines of the copy sheet are double or triple spaced.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spinit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the claimed as new is: p Y

"1. A copy holder comprising a casing having a front wall, said front wall having a sight opening therein behind whicha copy sheet can move, a roller mounted behind the said front wall and means for exerting pressure against the said roller to press a copy sheet against the inner side of the front wall in the region of the said sight opening.

2. A copy-holder comprising a casing having a front wall, said front wall having a sight opening therein behind which a copy sheet can move, a roller 3 mounted behind the saidfront wall, means for exerting pressure against the said roller to press a copy sheet against the inner side of the front wall in the region of the "said sight opening, and meanswhereby the said roller can be removed.

3. A copy holder comprising a casing having a invention, what isfront wall, said front wall having a. sight opening therein behind which a copy sheet can move, a roller mounted behind the said front wall, means for exerting pressure against the said roller to press a copy sheet against the inner side of the front wall in the region of the said sight opening, and means whereby the said roller can be rotated.

4. A copy holder comprising a casing having a front wall, said front wall having a sight opening therein behind which a copy sheet can move, a roller mounted behind the said front wall, means for' exerting pressure against the said 'roller' to press a, copy sheet against the inner side of the front wall in the region of the said sight opening, and ball and ratchet means for driving the saidroller.

5. A copy holder comprising a casing having a front wall, said front wall having a sight opening therein behind which a copy sheet can move, a roller mounted behind the said front wall, means for exerting pressure against the said roller to press a copy sheet against the inner side of the front wall in the region of the said sight opening, ball, ratchet and lever means for operating thesaid roller.

6. A copy holder comprising a casing having a front wall, said front wall having a sight open- ANDREW FRED CROSS.

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